List of Major League Baseball career passed balls leaders

In baseball, a catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or control a legally pitched ball that, with ordinary effort, should have been maintained under his control, and, as a result of this loss of control, the batter or a runner on base advances. A runner who advances due to a passed ball is not credited with a stolen base unless he breaks for the base before the pitcher begins his delivery. A passed ball may be scored when a runner on first, second, or third base reaches the next base on a bobble or missed catch by the catcher, or when the batter-runner reaches first base on an uncaught strike three (see alsoStrikeout).

Pop Snyder is the all-time leader in passed balls with 763 and the only player to allow more than 700 career. Silver Flint is second with 639 career and the only other player to allow more than 600 career passed balls.

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Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on the team who reaches a base safely can later attempt to advance to subsequent bases during teammates turns batting. The teams switch between batting and fielding whenever the team records three outs. One turn batting for both teams, beginning with the team, constitutes an inning. A game is composed of nine innings, and the team with the number of runs at the end of the game wins. Baseball has no clock, although almost all games end in the ninth inning. Baseball evolved from older bat-and-ball games already being played in England by the mid-18th century and this game was brought by immigrants to North America, where the modern version developed. By the late 19th century, baseball was widely recognized as the sport of the United States. Baseball is now popular in North America and parts of Central and South America, the Caribbean, in the United States and Canada, professional Major League Baseball teams are divided into the National League and American League, each with three divisions, East, West, and Central. The major league champion is determined by playoffs that culminate in the World Series, the top level of play is similarly split in Japan between the Central and Pacific Leagues and in Cuba between the West League and East League. The evolution of baseball from older bat-and-ball games is difficult to trace with precision, a French manuscript from 1344 contains an illustration of clerics playing a game, possibly la soule, with similarities to baseball. Other old French games such as thèque, la balle au bâton, consensus once held that todays baseball is a North American development from the older game rounders, popular in Great Britain and Ireland. Baseball Before We Knew It, A Search for the Roots of the Game, by David Block, suggests that the game originated in England, recently uncovered historical evidence supports this position. Block argues that rounders and early baseball were actually regional variants of other. It has long believed that cricket also descended from such games. The earliest known reference to baseball is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, David Block discovered that the first recorded game of Bass-Ball took place in 1749 in Surrey, and featured the Prince of Wales as a player. William Bray, an English lawyer, recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford and this early form of the game was apparently brought to Canada by English immigrants

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Catcher
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Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player, when a batter takes his/her turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to primary duty, the catcher is also called upon to master many other skills in order to field the position well. The role of the catcher is similar to that of the wicket-keeper in cricket, positioned behind home plate, the catcher can see the whole field, and is therefore in the best position to direct and lead the other players in a defensive play. The catcher typically calls for using hand signals. The calls are based on the mechanics and strengths, as well as the batters tendencies and weaknesses. Foul tips, bouncing balls in the dirt, and contact with runners during plays at the plate are all events to be handled by the catcher and this includes a mask, chest and throat protectors, shin guards, and a heavily padded catchers mitt. The physical and mental demands of being involved on every defensive play can wear catchers down over a long season, because of the strategic defensive importance of catching, if a catcher has exceptional defensive skills, teams are often willing to overlook their relative offensive weaknesses. A knowledgeable catchers ability to work with the pitcher, via selection and location. Many great defensive catchers toiled in relative anonymity, because they did not produce large offensive numbers, notable examples of light-hitting, defensive specialists were, Ray Schalk, Jim Hegan, Jim Sundberg and Brad Ausmus. Schalks career batting average of.253 is the lowest of any player in the Baseball Hall of Fame. That he was selected for enshrinement in 1955 was largely a tribute to his defensive skills. Catchers are often able to play first base and less commonly third base, in the numbering system used to record baseball plays, the catcher is assigned the number 2. In the middle of the century, the game of baseball began to evolve from a sport played by amateurs for recreation into a more serious game played by professionals. One of the most dramatic changes was the transition of the delivery from an underhand motion to an overhanded throw. As the game progressed towards professionals and became serious, pitchers began to attempt to prevent the batter from hitting the ball by throwing faster pitches. With the introduction of the strike in 1858, catchers began inching closer to home plate due to the rules requirement that a strikeout could only be completed by a catch. These developments meant that catchers began to take on a defensive role

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Pitcher
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In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, there are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer. The National League in Major League Baseball and the Japanese Central League are among the leagues that have not adopted the designated hitter position. In most cases, the objective of the pitcher is to deliver the pitch to the catcher without allowing the batter to hit the ball with the bat. A successful pitch is delivered in such a way that the batter either allows the pitch to pass through the zone, swings the bat at the ball and misses it. If the batter elects not to swing at the pitch, it is called a strike if any part of the passes through the strike zone. A check swing is when the batter begins to swing, If the batter successfully checks the swing and the pitch is out of the strike zone, it is called a ball. There are two legal pitching positions, the windup and the set position or stretch, either position may be used at any time, typically, the windup is used when the bases are empty, while the set position is used when at least one runner is on base. Each position has certain procedures that must be followed, a balk can be called on a pitcher from either position. A power pitcher is one who relies on the velocity of his pitches to succeed, generally, power pitchers record a high percentage of strikeouts. A control pitcher succeeds by throwing accurate pitches and thus records few walks, nearly all action during a game is centered on the pitcher for the defensive team. A pitchers particular style, time taken between pitches, and skill heavily influence the dynamics of the game and can determine the victor. Meanwhile, a batter stands in the box at one side of the plate. The type and sequence of pitches chosen depend upon the situation in a game. The relationship between pitcher and catcher is so important that some teams select the starting catcher for a game based on the starting pitcher. Together, the pitcher and catcher are known as the battery, although the object and mechanics of pitching remain the same, pitchers may be classified according to their roles and effectiveness. The starting pitcher begins the game, and he may be followed by relief pitchers, such as the long reliever, the left-handed specialist, the middle reliever. In Major League Baseball, every team uses Baseball Rubbing Mud to rub game balls in before their pitchers use them in games, a skilled pitcher often throws a variety of different pitches to prevent the batter from hitting the ball well

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Stolen base
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In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which he is not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or out at the next base, a stolen base most often occurs when a baserunner advances to the next base while the pitcher is pitching the ball to home plate. Successful base stealers are not only fast but have good baserunning instincts, ned Cuthbert, playing for the Philadelphia Keystones in either 1863 or 1865, was the first player to steal a base in a baseball game, although the term stolen base was not used until 1870. For a time in the 19th century, stolen bases were credited when a baserunner reached an extra base on a hit from another player. For example, if a runner on first base reached third base on a single, in 1887, Hugh Nicol set a still-standing Major League record with 138 stolen bases, many of which would not have counted under modern rules. Modern steal rules were implemented in 1898. Base stealing was popular in the early decades, with speedsters such as Ty Cobb. Wills record was broken in turn by Lou Brock in 1974, base stealing is an important characteristic of the small ball managing style. Such managers emphasize doing the things to advance runners and score runs, often relying on pitching. The Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960s, led by pitcher Sandy Koufax, the antithesis of this is reliance on power hitting, exemplified by the Baltimore Orioles of the 1970s, which aspired to score most of its runs via home runs. Often the small ball model is associated with the National League, however, some successful recent American League teams, including the 2002 Anaheim Angels, the 2001 Seattle Mariners and the 2005 Chicago White Sox have excelled at small ball. The Kansas City Royals have embodied this style recently, leading the league in stolen bases but finishing last in home runs in 2013 and 2014. Successful teams often combine both styles, with a runner or two complementing hitters with power, such as the 2005 White Sox, who despite playing small ball, still hit 200 home runs. Baseballs Rule 8 specifies the pitching procedure in detail, a runner intending to steal on the pitcher breaks for the next base the moment the pitcher commits to pitch to home plate. The pitcher cannot abort the pitch and try to put the runner out, if the runner breaks too soon, the pitcher may throw to a base rather than pitch, and the runner is usually picked off by being tagged out between the bases. Past this moment, any delay in the runners break makes it likely that the catcher, after receiving the pitch. Before the pitch, the runner takes a lead-off, walking several steps away from the base as a start toward the next base. Even a runner who does not intend to steal takes a lead of a few more steps

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Strikeout
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In baseball or softball, a strikeout occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out, a strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the batter, the style that generates home runs also leaves batters susceptible to striking out. Some of the greatest home run hitters of all time — such as Alex Rodriguez, Gorman Thomas, Reggie Jackson, and Sammy Sosa — were notorious for striking out. A pitched ball is ruled a ball by the if the batter did not swing at it and, in that umpires judgment. Any pitch at which the batter swings or, that in that umpires judgment passes through the zone, is ruled a strike. Each ball and strike affects the count, which is incremented for each pitched ball with the exception of a ball on any count with two strikes. That is, a strike may only occur by the batter swinging and missing at a pitched ball. A pitched ball that is struck by the batter with the bat on any count, a batter may also strike out by bunting, even if the ball is hit into foul territory. In Japan, this is called furinige, or swing and escape, in Major League Baseball, it is known as an uncaught third strike. When this happens, a strikeout is recorded for both the pitcher and the batter, but no out is recorded, because of this, a pitcher may occasionally be able to record more than three strikeouts in one half-inning. In baseball scorekeeping, a strikeout is recorded as a K. A strikeout looking is often scored with a backward K, and sometimes as a K-L, CK, despite the scorekeeping custom of using K for strikeout, SO is the official abbreviation used by Major League Baseball. K is still used by fans and enthusiasts for purposes other than official record-keeping. The K may be placed backward in cases where the batter strikes out looking, the use of K for a strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick, a newspaper journalist who is widely credited as the originator of the box score and the baseball scorecard. As is true in much of baseball, both the box score and scorecard remain largely unchanged to this day, Chadwick decided to use K, the last letter in struck, since the letter S was used for sacrifice. Chadwick was responsible for several other scorekeeping conventions, including the use of numbers to designate player positions and those unaware of Chadwicks contributions have speculated that K was derived from the last name of 19th century pitcher Matt Kilroy. If not for the evidence supporting Chadwicks earlier use of K, Kilroy raised the prominence of the strikeout, setting an all-time single-season record of 513 strikeouts in 1886, only two years after overhand pitching was permitted

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Pop Snyder
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Pop Snyder was an American catcher, manager, and umpire in Major League Baseball. His 18-season playing career began in 1873 for the Washington Blue Legs of the National Association and he became a player-manager in 1882, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association, formed. His team won the American Association pennant that first season, his second as a player, in 1891, at the age of 36, he played and managed his last season, this time when the Washington Statesmen entered the National League. It was after his career as a player and manager that began a career as an umpire. This lasted intermittently from 1892 to 1901, in total he umpired 390 games in four different leagues, the National Association, the American Association, the Players League, and the National League. Snyder died in his hometown of Washington, D. C. at the age of 70 and he also hold the all-time major league record with 763 passed balls. List of Major League Baseball player–managers Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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Silver Flint
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Frank Sylvester Silver Flint was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He began his career at age 19 with the St, in his first season with the White Stockings, Flint and Cap Anson split duties piloting the team, which finished 5–12 under Flint and 41–21 under Anson. That was Flints only opportunity as field manager and he was also known as a drinker, and in 1892, he died in Chicago at age 36. Flint married Eva de la Motta, the ex-wife of minstrel show performer Lew Benedict, list of Major League Baseball player–managers Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests. The Halls motto is Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations, the word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The Hall of Fame was established in 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark, Clark had sought to bring tourists to a city hurt by the Great Depression, which reduced the local tourist trade, and Prohibition, which devastated the local hops industry. A new building was constructed, and the Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12,1939, the erroneous claim that U. S. Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall. An expanded library and research facility opened in 1994, dale Petroskey became the organizations president in 1999. In 2002, the Hall launched Baseball As America, an exhibit that toured ten American museums over six years. The Hall of Fame has since also sponsored educational programming on the Internet to bring the Hall of Fame to schoolchildren who might not visit, the Hall and Museum completed a series of renovations in spring 2005. The Hall of Fame also presents an annual exhibit at FanFest at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Jeff Idelson replaced Petroskey as president on April 16,2008. In 2012, Congress passed and President Barack Obama signed a law ordering the United States Mint to produce and sell commemorative, non-circulating coins to benefit the private, non-profit Hall. The bill, House Bill H. R.2527, was introduced in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Richard Hanna, a Republican from New York, the coins, which depict baseball gloves and balls, are the first concave designs produced by the Mint. The mintage included 50,000 gold coins,400,000 silver coins, the Mint released them on March 27,2014, and the gold and silver editions quickly sold out. The Hall receives money from surcharges included in the sale price,114 members of the Hall of Fame have been inducted posthumously, including four who died after their selection was announced. Of the 35 Negro league members,29 were inducted posthumously, the Hall of Fame includes one female member, Effa Manley. The newest inductees, enshrined on July 24,2016, are players Mike Piazza, the incoming class of 2017, to be formally enshrined on July 30, consists of executives John Schuerholz and Bud Selig and players Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Iván Rodríguez. In addition to honoring Hall of Fame inductees, the National Baseball Hall of Fame has presented 40 men with the Ford C, while Frick and Spink Award honorees are not members of the Hall of Fame, they are recognized in an exhibit in the Hall of Fames library. ONeil Award honorees are also not Hall of Fame members, but are listed alongside a permanent statue of the namesake and first recipient, Buck ONeil. From a final ballot typically including 25–40 candidates, each writer may vote for up to 10 players, until the late 1950s, any player named on 75% or more of all ballots cast is elected. A player who is named on fewer than 5% of ballots is dropped from future elections, players receiving 5% or more of the votes but fewer than 75% are reconsidered annually until a maximum of ten years of eligibility

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Doc Bushong
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Albert John Bushong, D. D. S, known as Doc Bushong, was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Bushong also made appearances as an umpire and after his retirement from baseball, some sources credit him with the invention of the catchers mitt. Descended from the Colonial immigrant Bushong family, Albert John Bushong was born September 15,1856, in Philadelphia, Bushong attended public schools in Philadelphia and graduated from Central High School in 1876. After playing baseball in various minor league teams for a couple of years, Bushong was one of the first to matriculate in the brand-new Department of Dentistry and he received his D. D. S. in 1882. While attending dental school, he played professional baseball every year, catching in more than 230 games as well as barnstorming in the off-season with a different team, Bushong was the first University of Pennsylvania graduate to play in Major League baseball. He did not play ball for the university, as he was already playing pro-ball, shortly after graduation Albert J. Bushong and Theresa M. Gottery were married and together they had seven children. Some believe his greatest success came in the part of his career. His most notable performance is most likely in the 1886 St. Louis Browns of the American Association when they beat the Chicago White Stockings of the National League, for the Championship. For his part in the championship, in 1886, the Missouri Pacific Railroad, honored Bushong, the town of Weeks in Kansas, became, Bushong, Kansas. In 1887 Bushong became one of the first baseball players to do paid product endorsements, in an advertisement for Merrells Penetrating Oil, which was a cold medicine. The sale was to the Brooklyn Bride Grooms and their owner, Charlie Byrne who paid, what was then, the enormous sum of $19,000, for the trio. On July 4,1889, in the game of a doubleheader in St. Louis, Bushong injured his arm. He never fully recovered from the injury, which marked the beginning of the end of his baseball career, the 1890 season, was Bushongs last on the Bridegrooms and in major league baseball and he was officially released on March 26,1891. Within a couple of weeks still wanting to play for the 1891 season, Bushong signed on with a league team. In a game that was traditionally played bare-handed, it is difficult to say who was first to make, the first player to wear a glove was catcher Doug Allison, in 1870. In 1888, Joe Gunson described his catchers mitt, and is associated with its invention, along with Doc Bushong. But his claim as first is brought into question by a Brooklyn Eagle article that describes Bushong with his glove at least a season before Gunsons claim. But it is easy to believe that on September 18,1887 when he returned, further, an article in October 13,1887, by the Brooklyn Eagle, tells of Bushong losing his old glove

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Deacon White
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James Laurie Deacon White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sports professional era. Although he was already 28 when the NL was established, White played 15 seasons in the major leagues, in 1871, White was the first batter to come to the plate in the National Association, the first professional baseball league. For three years afterward, he joined his younger brother Will, a pitcher, with the Cincinnati Reds. In his mid-30s he became a third baseman when the toil of catching had become too great. Over the 20-year period of his career, White batted.312 and had more RBI than any player except Cap Anson, upon his retirement, he was among baseballs all-time leaders in career games, at bats, hits and total bases. He ranked fourth in total chances at third base, fifth in assists. White was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2013, White was born in Caton, New York, the son of farmer Lester S. White and his wife Adeline. Whites ancestors likely immigrated to America during the Colonial period and his cousin Elmer White also played baseball professionally as James teammate in 1871, in March 1872, Elmer was the first recorded professional baseball player to die. White learned baseball from a Union soldier who returned to his hometown after the Civil War in 1865 and his pro career began in 1868 with the Cleveland Forest Citys club, at a time when no team was entirely composed of professional players. White led his league in batting twice, and in RBI three times, not until 1953, when Roy Campanella topped the NL, would another catcher lead his league in RBI. White started out early enough to have played against the undefeated Cincinnati Red Stockings of 1869, on May 16,1884 White recorded 11 assists at third base, which remains the major league record for a nine-inning game although eight other players have since tied the mark. In the rough-and-tumble 19th-century baseball era, White was a nonsmoking, Bible-toting, church-going deacon. In 1889, the contracts of White and teammate Jack Rowe were sold to the Pittsburgh Alleghenys, eventually the two men were paid, with White telling a reporter, We appreciate the money, but we aint worth it. Im over 40 and my fielding aint so good, though I can still hit some, no man is going to sell my carcass unless I get half. Complaints like this were part of the reason that the Players League was formed in 1890, according to historian Lee Allen in The National League Story, White believed that the earth is flat. He tried and failed to convince his teammates that they were living on a plane and not a globe. Then one asked to be convinced, and the Deacon gave him an argument suited to the hypothesis that the earth is not really turning and he convinced the teammate but the argument would not prove that the earth is not a sphere. Whites playing career ended after the 1890 season, over the 20-year period from 1871 to 1890, White batted.312 and had more RBI than any player except Cap Anson, and also ranked fourth in career games, at bats, hits and total bases

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Deacon McGuire
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James Thomas Deacon McGuire was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach whose career spanned the years 1883 to 1915. He played 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher and his longest stretches were with the Washington Statesmen/Senators, Brooklyn Superbas and New York Highlanders. He played on Brooklyn teams that won National League pennants in 1899 and 1900 and his assist, caught stealing, and stolen bases allowed totals remain current major league records. During his major league career, he compiled a.278 batting average.341 on-base percentage,770 runs scored,1,750 hits,300 doubles,79 triples,45 home runs,840 RBIs and 118 stolen bases. His best season was 1895 when he caught a major league record 133 games, McGuire was also the manager of the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. He compiled a 210–287 as a major league manager, McGuire was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1863. He moved as a boy to Cleveland, learned to play baseball on the lots of that city, as a young man, he moved to Albion, Michigan, where he worked as an apprentice in an iron foundry in Albion and played baseball on the weekend. McGuire first gained note playing baseball for a team in Hastings, Michigan, McGuire was reputed to be the only catcher within a 50-mile radius who could handle the left-handed Baldwin and his incendiary fastball and sinuous curve, a so-called snakeball. At age 19, McGuire began his baseball career in 1883 with the Terre Haute, Indiana. McGuire made his league debut in June 1884 with the Toledo Blue Stockings of the American Association. He hit.185 in 151 at bats and appeared in 45 games, at Toledo, he shared the catching responsibilities with Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first African-American player in Major League Baseball. McGuire and Walker each caught 41 games for the Blue Stockings, the Blue Stockings finished in eighth place with a 46–58 record and folded after the 1884 season. McGuire began the 1885 season playing for the Indianapolis Hoosiers of the newly formed Western League, McGuire appeared in 16 games for the Hoosiers, who were the dominant team in the Western League, compiling an.880 winning percentage. Sam Thompson later told the story of the Detroit Wolverines acquisition of the Indianapolis players. Detroit sent two representatives to Indianapolis, principally to sign the Hoosiers battery of Larry McKeon and Jim Keenan, the Wolverines were outbid by the Cincinnati Reds for McKeon and Keenan but wound up with the Hoosiers manager and the rest of the teams starting lineup. The only catch was that a 10-day waiting period would allow teams to outbid Detroit. Marsh and Maloney promptly sent the players to Detroit and quartered them in a hotel there, the next morning, the players were told that the team had arranged a fishing trip for them. The players boarded the steamship Annette and enjoyed the first day, after three days, the players became suspicious, but the ship captain laughed when asked when they would return to Detroit

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Wilbert Robinson
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Wilbert Robinson, nicknamed Uncle Robbie, was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 and he also spent one season,1900, with the St. Louis Cardinals. Over the course of his career, Robinson played 1,316 games as a catcher, which prepared him for his second baseball career as a manager. The star catcher of the Orioles dynasty which won three titles from 1894 to 1896, he compiled a career batting average of.273. Durable behind the plate, he caught a triple-header in 1896 and he also was the first catcher to play directly behind the batter at all times, as the previous practice had been to play farther back when there were fewer than two strikes. A highlight of his career was a seven-hit game June 10,1892. He also batted in 11 runs in game, on September 16,1924, as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. While owners of a bowling, billiards and pool hall in Baltimore, Robinson, Robinson and McGraw joined as business partners in the Baltimore Orioles, a team that would debut in the new American League in 1901. McGraw served as player-manager of the AL Orioles in 1901 and the beginning of the 1902 season, Robinson succeeded McGraw as manager of the Orioles. After the season, McGraw enticed Robinson to be his coach from 1903 to 1913. Robinson would not don the managers cap again in the majors until 1914, in his 18 years at the helm of the Brooks, Robinson compiled a record of 1375–1341, including National League championships in 1916 and 1920 – Brooklyns only pennants between 1901 and 1940. Those two clubs lost in the World Series to the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, respectively and his 1375 NL victories were, at the time, the 3rd-highest total in NL history, trailing only the totals of McGraw and Fred Clarke. Robinson was highly regarded for his ability to draw outstanding performances from his pitching staffs, among the pitchers he guided to success were Joe McGinnity with both Orioles teams and the Giants, Rube Marquard with the Giants, and Dazzy Vance and Burleigh Grimes with the Dodgers. On March 13,1915, at spring training in Daytona Beach, Florida, ruth Law, the aviator, supposedly forgot to bring a baseball and instead dropped a grapefruit, which splattered all over the manager. The grapefruit made such a mess that Robinson thought he had lost his eye because of the acid and he quickly realized that it was a joke when he saw his teammates burst out in laughter. Outfielder Casey Stengel, later a manager himself, is generally believed to have convinced Law to make the switch. From this point on Robinson referred to airplanes as fruit flies, Robinson was manager when Al López started out as a catcher in the majors. Robinson watched Lopez style and finally hollered, Tell that punk he got two hands to catch with, never mind the Fancy Dan stuff

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King Kelly
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He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters. He is also credited with helping to popularize various strategies as a player such as the hit and run, the hook slide. In only the vote since its creation in 1939 the Old Timers Committee elected Kelly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. Also, he seems to have been the first big leaguer to successfully cut a base, and, Kelly could have been the first to foul off lots of pitches on purpose. Doing so was a top trick of some Baltimore players of the 1890s, at the turn of the century, that trick was defused when all foul balls began counting as strikes. Kellys autobiography Play Ball was published while he was with the Beaneaters in 1888, Kelly also became a vaudeville performer during his playing career, first performing in Boston where he would recite the now-famous baseball poem Casey at the Bat, sometimes butchering it. Kellys baserunning innovations are also the subject of the hit 1889 song entitled Slide, Kelly, Slide, Kelly was born in Troy, New York to Michael Kelly Sr. and his wife Catharine, both Irish immigrants. Upon the outbreak of the American Civil War, his father joined the Union Army, after the war, his ill father moved the family to Paterson, New Jersey. Kellys parents apparently died within five years of each other. A best guess, based on tracking Paterson city directories, is that his father died around 1871, and his mother around 1876, according to the 1870 census, a Michael Kelly of his age was working in a silk mill in Paterson as of that year. From 1875 to 1877, he played three seasons as a semi-pro, in Paterson and then other cities, in 1877, he was with the Paterson Olympics until around June 10, when he joined the Delawares of Port Jervis, N. Y. In mid-July, a Paterson paper said he had signed with a Springfield, Ohio, a few weeks later, Port Jervis had not played again when he signed with the celebrated Buckeye club of Columbus, Ohio. He made his big debut in 1878 with Cincinnati. In 1877, Kellys friend Jim McCormick was signed to play for the Columbus Buckeyes of the International Association, the year after that, Kelly signed to play for the Cincinnati Reds, then known as the Red Stockings. Although the concept would later, Mike Kelly was now a major leaguer. After playing in Cincinnati for two years as an outfielder and backup catcher, Cincinnati and Chicago White Stockings players went on a tour of California, while there, Chicago secured him for 1880, then-Chicago Secretary Albert Spalding doing the signing. Later from San Francisco, Kelly wrote Spalding, who was back in Chicago, Cincinnati had fallen on hard times by 1879 and released all their players at the end of that season to save having to pay them a last paycheck. As of 1879, Chicago was the most important city financially in the National League, Kelly was now a young, good-looking man in the big city with money in his pocket

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Jack Clements
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John J. Jack Clements was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, despite being left-handed, Clements caught 1,073 games, almost four times as many as any other left-handed player in major league history and was the last left-hander to catch on a regular basis. He is credited with being the first catcher to wear a chest protector, born in Philadelphia, Clements began his major league career in 1884 in the Union Association. He played as a catcher/outfielder for the Philadelphia Keystones until the team folded in August, Clements then went to the National League, signing with the Philadelphia Quakers to finish the year. Clements spent the next 13 seasons with the Quakers, and became the regular catcher in 1888. He also served as a player-manager during part of the 1890 season when manager Harry Wright suffered temporary blindness, during the 1890s, he established himself as one of the National Leagues top hitters, finishing among the top 4 in batting average on 3 occasions. Clements also hit for power, finishing second in the NL with 17 home runs in 1893, also in 1895, he finished with a.394 batting average, the highest single-season average by a catcher in major league history. After the 1897 season, Clements was traded to the St. Louis Browns and he played one season for the Browns, during which he became the first player to catch 1,000 games in his career. Before the 1899 season, Clements was assigned to the Cleveland Spiders, the move took place after Spiders owners Frank and Stanley Robison purchased the Browns and re-distributed players among the two franchises. Clements appeared in only 4 games for the Spiders before being released and he played his final Major League season in 1900, playing in 16 games for the Boston Beaneaters. At the time of his retirement, he held the single-season, both of his records were broken by Gabby Hartnett in the 1920s, the single-season record fell in 1925, while the career record fell in 1928. Clements is also the only 19th-century baseball player of prominence to retire with more runs than triples. He died of an illness in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1941 and he is buried at Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. In his Historical Baseball Abstract, Bill James ranked Clements as the 58th greatest catcher in baseball history, list of Major League Baseball player–managers Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference Jack Clements at Find a Grave

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Bill Holbert
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William Henry Holbert was a catcher in the National League and American Association baseball leagues, playing from 1876 through 1888. He holds the Major League record for career at-bats without a home run, however, he was playing in an era when triples were more common than home runs, due to the spacious parks and poor quality of the balls used. Bill Holbert started his career with the nascent Louisville Grays of 1876 and he sat out the 1877 year and, in 1878, played for the Milwaukee Grays, followed by the Syracuse Stars, and the Troy Trojans. Holbert is also credited with managing one game, a loss and he stayed with the Trojans, and the National League, until 1883, when he joined the New York Metropolitans of the new American Association. The Metropolitans traded him to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms after the 1887 season, Bill Holbert retired in 1888, playing just 15 games with the Bridegrooms that year. When the new Players League started up in 1890, Holbert was one of the original umpires, Bill Holberts career batting average was a weak.208, with a slugging average at a very low.237. Although batting averages were generally low in the 19th century and more so for catchers, the 1879 Syracuse Stars, for example, had a team average of only.227, while Holbert hit.201. Holberts best year was 1881, with Troy, when he hit.278, even that year, nearly all –46 out of 49 – of his hits were singles, and his on-base percentage was a mediocre.284. Nonetheless, he was considered a defensive catcher, although these talents have been overshadowed by those of Buck Ewing. When not catching, Holbert would often play the outfield, he started 11% of his games there, list of Major League Baseball player–managers Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference James, Bill Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract, Villard Books, New York. Nemec, David, The Beer and Whisky League, The Illustrated History of the American Association—Baseballs Renegade Major League, sports Metrika,1887 New York Metropolitans statistics Sugar, Bert Randolph The Baseball Maniacs Almanac, McGraw-Hill, New York. Morris, Peter Catcher, How the Man Behind the Plate Became an American Folk Hero, Ivan R. Dee, New York Metropolitans 1884 schedule at Baseball Almanac New York Metropolitans at Baseball Almanac

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John Clapp (baseball)
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Clapp, who predominately played as a catcher, also played as an outfielder. Over his career, Clapp compiled a batting average of.283 with 459 runs scored,713 hits,92 doubles,35 triples,7 home runs. Over 1,188 games played, Clapp struck out 51 times, although the majority of his career was spent in the major leagues, Clapp also played two seasons of minor league baseball. He made his MLB debut at the age of 21 and was listed as standing 5 feet 7 inches and his brother, Aaron Clapp, also played one season of MLB for the Troy Trojans. John Edgar Clapp was born on July 17,1851, in Ithaca, in 1872, Clapp began his professional career with the Middletown Mansfields of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players. Over 19 games played, Clapp batted.278 with one home run, after the team folded, Clapp joined the Philadelphia Athletics. His single home run tied him for the team-lead along with Wes Fisler, Cherokee Fisher, and Tim Murnane. Next season, in 1874, Clapp led the NA in at bats per home run, his on-base percentage was a career-high, while the Athletics finished the season 33–22, third in the NA, under manager Dick McBride. In his final year with the club, Clapp batted.264 with 77 hits and 39 RBI and his putout total was second in the NA among catchers. In 1876, Clapp joined the St. Louis Brown Stockings of the National League and he finished the year tied for the team lead in games played and hits, while he led the NL in putouts as a catcher, with 333. Next season, Clapp batted a career high.318, while his on-base percentage, in the field, Clapp committed 40 errors as a catcher, second highest in the NL to Lew Browns 49. After leaving the team, Clapp joined the Indianapolis Blues, where he served as a player-manager for the 1878 season. Playing primarily in the outfield, Clapp was tied for the MLB lead in games played along with Indianapolis teammates Silver Flint, Russ McKelvy, Orator Shafer, after his one-year stint with the Blues, Clapp joined the Buffalo Bisons. Playing in 70 games, Clapp managed the team to a 46–32 record, on June 25 of that year, Clapp ended a streak of 212 consecutive games played, serving primarily as a catcher. In 1880, now playing and managing for the Cincinnati Reds, Clapp played in a total of 80 games, Clapp reported him to the Chicago police, which led to Woodruffs arrest. In 1882, after leading the NL in walks, Clapp made his debut for the New York Metropolitans of the League Alliance. In 1883, his last MLB season, Clapp played for, Clapp, then 34, spent his final professional season with the St. Paul Apostles, where he batted.180 with 11 hits and a double. After retiring from baseball, Clapp served as a sergeant in his hometown of Ithaca

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Barney Gilligan
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Gilligan, who predominately played as a catcher, also played as an outfielder and a shortstop. Over his career, Gilligan compiled a batting average of.207 with 217 runs scored,388 hits,68 doubles,23 triples. Although the majority of his career was spent in the major leagues and he made his MLB debut at the age of 19 and was listed as standing 5 feet 6 inches and weighing 130 pounds. Andrew Bernard Gilligan was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on January 3,1856 and he was the sixth child of seven born to Patrick Gilligan, a laborer, and Sarah Gilligan. Both Patrick and Sarah had immigrated to the United States from Northern Ireland, Gilligan began his professional career playing right field in 1874 for the New York Flyaways, an amateur baseball club. He continued his baseball career in 1876 and 1877. In 1878, Gilligan played for various clubs such as the Somerville Unions of Somerville, Massachusetts. In his first full MLB season, Gilligan played for the Cleveland Blues, after his first game with the Blues, the Cleveland Leader stated Gilligan caught exceedingly well taking some fine pickups. Over 52 games played, Gilligan batted a career-low.171 with 11 RBI, defensively, he played 27 games as catcher and 23 as an outfielder. Next season, Gilligan continued to play for the Blues, serving as backup catcher to Doc Kennedy before leaving the team at the end of the season to sign with the Providence Grays. With the Grays, he served again as a catcher before the starter became injured, on the season. Next year, in 1882, Gilligan became the catcher for the Grays, his backup. When the season was over, the Grays finished 52–32, second in the National League, by 1883, Gilligan had become the Grays starting catcher. Despite breaking his finger and missing two weeks in May, Gilligan led the National League in assists as a catcher, while his team finished third in the NL and he continued his tenure with the Grays the following season. Gilligan played in a career-high 82 games, while recording career highs in RBI, strikeouts. After finishing at the top of the NL, the Grays played in the 1884 World Series against the New York Metropolitans of the American Association, Gilligan went 4–for–9 over the three-game series, with the Grays defeating the Metropolitans three games to none. After spending the 1885 season with the Grays, and tying Andy Cusick for the MLB lead in errors committed as a catcher, the NL bought the Grays for $6,000, while Gilligan was assigned to the Washington Nationals. He served as captain of the team for the 1886 season, catching 71 games, before the 1887 season, he established a restaurant in the District of Columbia

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Fred Carroll
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Frederick Herbert Carroll was a catcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1884 through 1891, he played with the Columbus Buckeyes and for the Pittsburgh teams Alleghenys, Burghers and he was born in Sacramento, California. In an eight-season Major League career, Carroll posted a.284 batting average with 27 home runs and 366 RBI in 754 games played, in 1886 Carroll compiled career-high numbers in hits and doubles while batting.288 with 92 runs and 64 RBI. The next season he went.328,71,54, in August 1886, Carroll was briefly suspended after fighting with a teammate, first baseman Otto Schomberg. Schomberg was unpopular with his teammates, and the fight started after Carroll referred to him with what The Sporting News subsequently termed vile names, the pair were separated by Frank Ringo and Ed Glenn, and while Carroll was immediately suspended, the suspension was short-lived. The directors of the Pittsburg Alleghenys convened a meeting that night, on May 2,1887 Carroll became the first Pittsburgh player to hit for the cycle. Carroll died in San Rafael, California, at age 40, bill James wrote in his book Baseball Abstract that Carroll was the best young catcher before Johnny Bench. A victim of the 1890s Brotherhood, he also was a competent outfielder and played shortstop, first base, James also remarks that Carrolls major league career was shortened by his dislike of living on the East Coast. Carroll holds a major league record for age 24 in OPS with a.970 mark. The same season, he posted a career-high.330 BA, an above-average runner with good instincts, he compiled 137 stolen bases in his career. The stadium stood at the corner of North, Grant, and Pennsylvania Avenues on Pittsburghs Northside

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Buck Ewing
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William Buck Ewing was an American Major League Baseball player and manager, and is widely regarded as the best catcher of his era and is often argued as one of the best players of the 19th century. Born in Hoagland, Ohio, Ewing joined the National League in 1880 as a member of the Troy Trojans and that year he would hit 10 home runs, while batting.303. Ewing was equally renowned for his defensive abilities, writing in the 1938 Spalding Guide, John Foster said of him, As a thrower to bases Ewing never had a superior, and there are not to exceed ten men who could come anywhere near being equal to him. Ewing was the man of whom it was said, He handed the ball to the second baseman from the batters box, primarily a catcher, Ewing was versatile enough to play all nine positions and fast enough to steal 354 bases. He hit.300 in ten different seasons, playing until 1897 with the Giants, Cleveland Spiders and Cincinnati Reds, Ewing posted consistently superb offensive numbers. Arguably his best season was in 1893 with the Spiders when he batted.344 with 6 home runs,122 RBI,47 stolen bases and 117 runs. In 1890, when a revolt led to the formation of the short-lived Players League. Lingering resentment in the wake of the establishment and demise has often been suspected as a reason for his limited play in 1891. In addition to playing, Ewing managed for seven seasons, the 1890 Giants, the 1895–1899 Cincinnati Reds and he compiled a 489-395 record for a.553 winning percentage. Ewing also as used as an American Association umpire for two games on June 28 and July 4,1882, Ewing died of diabetes in Cincinnati. In the first elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame, he, three years later, in 1939, they were among the first 19th century players elected and Ewing became the first member who was primarily a catcher. He was named one of the top five players from the 19th century in a 1999 poll by the Society for American Baseball Research

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Chief Zimmer
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Charles Louis Zimmer was an American professional baseball player whose playing career spanned from 1884 to 1906. Zimmer is regarded by some as the finest defensive catcher of his day and he set Major League catching records for assists, double plays, runners caught stealing, games at catcher, and career fielding percentage. As one of the games first every-day catchers, The Sporting News in 1949 called Zimmer baseballs original iron man, offensively, Zimmer had a career batting average of.269, but hit above.300 four times, including a career high.340 batting average in 1895. His most famous business venture, however, was Zimmers Baseball Game, Zimmer was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1860. As a young man, he worked as an apprentice in a cabinetmakers shop and he began his professional baseball career at age 23 in 1884 playing in the Ohio State League for teams from Ironton and Portsmouth, Ohio. He appeared in eight games in the Major Leagues for the Detroit Wolverines in 1884, after being released by the Tigers, Zimmer did not play professional baseball in 1885. He played for Poughkeepsie of the Hudson River League in 1886, compiling a.409 batting average, Zimmer acquired the nickname Chief during the 1886 season while playing as the captain of the Poughkeepsie team. Zimmer was not of American Indian descent and explained the genesis for the nickname as follows, Since we were fleet of foot, as I was the head man of the Indians, somebody began to call me Chief. Zimmer is regarded by some as the finest defensive catcher of his day, Baseball historian Bill James picked Zimmer as the catcher both for his 1890s Gold Glove team and his 1890s All-Star team, and as the 62nd best catcher of all time. From 1889 to 1900, Zimmer was regularly among his leagues leaders in putouts, assists, double plays, fielding percentage and he set multiple Major League fielding records during his career, including the following, Caught stealing. In 1893, Zimmer caught 183 base runners trying to steal a base and he led the majors in the category for the second consecutive season with 170 in 1894 and held the career record for most runners caught stealing until 1898. Zimmer secured his reputation for catching base runners when he caught the great base stealer Sliding Billy Hamilton twice in one game, Sporting Life at the time reported, Bennett and Zimmer are the only League catchers who have managed to catch Hamilton at second. Zimmer is also the catcher who has nailed Hamilton twice in one game. Zimmer appeared in 125 games at catcher in 1890, a figure that stood until 1895 as the Major League record for most games played at the position in a single season. He also set a Major League record for games at catcher with 111 during the 1890 season. He led the National League in games caught for the consecutive season in 1891 with 116. The Sporting News in 1949 called Zimmer baseballs original iron man, prior to Zimmer, catchers were typically paired with specific pitchers and did not catch every day. Zimmer became one of the Major Leagues first every-day catchers, Zimmers 188 assists as a catcher in 1890 stood as the Major League record until 1912, and he led the majors for a second consecutive season with 181 in 1891

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Charlie Bennett
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Charles Wesley Bennett was an American professional baseball player from 1875 or 1876 through the 1893 season. He played 15 years in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, with the Milwaukee Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines and Boston Beaneaters. He played on four pennant-winning teams, one in Detroit and three in Boston, and is one of two players to play with the Detroit Wolverines during all eight seasons of the clubs existence. Bennett compiled a.256 batting average and a.340 on-base percentage during his league career with 549 runs scored,203 doubles,67 triples,55 home runs and 533 runs batted in. His greatest value, however, was as one of the greatest defensive players of his era, Bennetts baseball career ended in January 1894 when he lost both legs in a train accident in Kansas. In 1896, Detroits new baseball stadium was named Bennett Park in his honor, the Detroit Tigers played their home games at Bennett Park from 1896 through the 1911 season. Bennett has also credited with inventing the first chest protector. Bennett was born in New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1854 and his father, Silas Bennett, was a native of Connecticut. His mother, Catherine Bennett, was a native of Pennsylvania, Charlie was the eighth of their 11 children. Bennett began his career in organized baseball as the catcher for the Neshannock team in the Pennsylvania League, Bennett was described while playing for the Neshannocks as a hard hitter who nearly broke the directors of the club because of the number of balls knocked into the Shenango river. While playing for Neshannock, Bennett was the catcher for Cal Hawk, at the end of the 1876 season, at age 22, Bennett signed with the Detroit Aetnas. The Aetnas were originally a baseball team, but the club signed several professional players at the end of the 1876 season to aid in a rivalry with the Cass Club of Detroit. The professional players signed by the Aetnas included three members of the Neshannock team—Bennett, George Creamer and Ned Williamson, Bennetts first appearance for the Aetnas was on September 21,1876, against the Boston Red Stockings at the Woodward Avenue grounds in Detroit. Bennett played third base in the game and, in the first inning, hit a hot one that glanced off the pitcher, some sources state that Bennett signed with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1877 and played in one game for that team. He ultimately signed a contract to play in 1877 for the Milwaukee club at a salary of $150 per month, during Bennetts first season with Milwaukee, the team was part of the League Alliance, which has been classified as a minor league. The following year, the Milwaukee club was admitted to the National League, Bennett made his major league debut on May 1,1878, and appeared in 49 games,35 as a catcher and 20 in the outfield. He compiled a.245 batting average for the Grays with 16 runs scored and 12 RBIs and his battery-mate, Sam Weaver lost 31 games that season. In 1879, after the Milwaukee club disbanded, Bennett joined the Worcester Ruby Legs, the team played in the National Association, which has been rated as having been a minor league in 1879

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Kid Baldwin
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Clarence Geoghan Kid Baldwin was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level, in addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base and first base. He also pitched two games in the 1885 season and he played well until the mid-August collapse of the Pacific Northwest League. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference Baseball Almanac MLB

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Connie Mack
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Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he records for wins, losses. Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the clubs first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 following the 1950 season, however, constant financial struggles forced repeated rebuilding of the roster, and Macks teams also finished in last place 17 times. Mack was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, Mack was born Cornelius McGillicuddy in East Brookfield, Massachusetts on December 22,1862. As with many Irish immigrants whose names began with Mc, the McGullicuddys were often referred to as Mack and his parents, Michael McGillicuddy and Mary McKillop, were both immigrants from Ireland. Michael McGillicuddys father was named Cornelius McGillicuddy, and by tradition, Connie is a common nickname for Cornelius, so Cornelius McGillicuddy was called Connie Mack from an early age. Connie Mack never legally changed his name, on the occasion of his marriage at age 48. His nickname on the field was Slats, for his height of 6 feet 2 inches. During the American Civil War, he served with the 51st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Michael McGillicuddy suffered from several ailments as the result of his military service, he was able to work only infrequently, and drew a disability pension. Mack was educated in East Brookfield, and began working summers in local cotton mills at age 9 to help support his family. He quit school after completing the eighth grade at age 14, intending to work full-time to contribute to the familys support and he clerked at a store, worked on local farms, and worked on the production lines of the shoe factories in nearby towns. Mack was also an athlete, and frequently played baseball. In 1879 his skills landed him a place on East Brookfields town team, though younger than his teammates by several years, Mack was the teams catcher and de facto captain. Beginning in 1886, Mack played 10 seasons in the National League and one in the Players League, for a total of 11 seasons in the major leagues, almost entirely as a catcher. Beginning in 1884, he played on minor league teams in the Connecticut cities of Meriden, in the winter of 1889, he jumped to the Buffalo team of the new Players League, the Bisons, investing his entire life savings of $500 in shares in that club. But the Players League went out of business only a year. In December 1890 Mack signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League, as a player, Mack was a light-hitting catcher with a reputation as a smart player, but didnt do anything particularly well as a player. Mack was one of the first catchers to position himself directly behind home plate instead of in front of the backstop, according to Wilbert Robinson, Mack never was mean

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Jack Boyle
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John Anthony Boyle, nicknamed Honest Jack, was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. His younger brother, Eddie Boyle, played in 1896, born in Cincinnati, Boyle began his professional baseball career in 1886, playing in one game for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association. On November 12,1886, he was traded to the St. Louis Browns in exchange for Hugh Nicol, Jack caught only a couple of games until July 3. An injury to the catcher, Al Doc Bushong, gave him his opportunity. He caught 87 straight games for the Browns using the old finger glove which preceded the protective mitt of the modern era, Boyle accompanied Charles Comiskey to the Chicago Pirates of the Players League team in 1890, but returned with him to St. Louis the following year. In 1892 Jack signed with the New York Giants for a sum of $5,500 and this was the largest salary ever paid to a major leaguer at this time. After one season with New York, he was traded on March 11,1893, there followed five years as a catcher for the Philadelphia club. On July 9,1898, he was sold by Philadelphia to the Giants for $1000, however, he did not play a single game for them and was returned to Philadelphia on August 15,1898. He also served as an umpire in the National League and American Association between 1888 and 1897 and he opened a saloon in the Ohio River city on Seventh Street which grew into a successful business for him. Boyle was 46 years of age when he died of Brights Disease at his home on Academy Avenue and he was interred at the St. Joseph New Cemetery in Cincinnati. List of Major League Baseball single-game hits leaders Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference BaseballLibrary. com

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Jack O'Connor (catcher)
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John Joseph OConnor, also known as Peach Pie, was a utility player in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and the American League, primarily used as an outfielder. He began his career as a fielder and catcher for the Cincinnati Red Stockings. OConnor moved west to play with the Perfectos until 10 games into the 1900 season and he played one season with the New York Highlanders before finishing his career back in St. Louis with the Browns. OConnor is one of only 29 players in history to date who have appeared in Major League games in four decades. He died in St. Louis at age 71, OConnor was the player-manager of the Browns in 1910, finishing a dismal 47–107. He is best known for trying to help Nap Lajoie win the batting title, Cobb was leading Lajoie.385 to.376 in the batting race going into that last day. OConnor ordered rookie third baseman Red Corriden to station himself in shallow left field, Lajoie bunted five straight times down the third base line and made it to first easily. On his last at-bat, Lajoie reached base on an error, officially giving him a hitless at-bat. OConnor and coach Harry Howell tried to bribe the official scorer, Cobb won the batting title by less than one percentage point over Lajoie.385069 to.384095. The resulting outcry triggered an investigation by American League president Ban Johnson, at his insistence, Browns owner Robert Hedges fired both OConnor and Howell, and released them as players, both men were informally banned from baseball for life. In 1981, however, research revealed that one game was counted twice for Cobb when he went 2-for-3, as a result, his 1910 batting statistics should have been shown as 194-for-506 and.383399, less than 0.0007 behind Lajoie at 227-for-591

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Duke Farrell
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Charles Andrew Duke Farrell was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born in Oakdale, Massachusetts, he played for eight teams during his 18-year career, on May 11,1897, he set a Major League Baseball record that has stood for more than 100 years by catching eight of nine opposing players who attempted to steal a base. He died in Boston, Massachusetts, and was buried at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Marlborough, Massachusetts, aged 58

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Jim Keenan
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James William Keenan was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of seasons in the majors. He played most of his league career with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association and later National League. He stayed in Indianapolis to start the 1885 season, with the entry in the Western League, but the league quickly folded. Before he played a game for Detroit, however, Keenan jumped to the Red Stockings, over the next four seasons, he would split the catching duties for the Red Stockings with Kid Baldwin. In 1890 and 1891, he backed up Jerry Harrington, career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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Pat Deasley
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Pat Deasley was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Deasley primarily played catcher for several teams during his 8-year career from 1881 to 1888, Deasley played for the Boston Red Caps, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants, and Washington Nationals over the course of his career. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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Rudy Kemmler
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Rudolph Kemmler, born Rudolph Kemler, was an American Major League Baseball catcher for all or part of eight seasons. He played for seven different teams in the National League and American Association between 1879 and 1889, Kemmler was a poor hitter but a good defensive catcher. In the days before catchers had protection against pitched balls, he was quite durable and he spent most of his career as a reserve player. Kemmler caught two no-hitters in 1884 for Columbus Buckeye pitchers Ed Morris and Frank Mountain, Kemmler died in his hometown of Chicago, and is interred at Concordia Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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Emil Gross
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Emil Michael Gross, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1884. He played five years in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Quakers, in 1880, Gross established a new major league record by appearing in 87 games as catcher. During his major league career, he appeared in 248 games and compiled a.295 batting average with 67 doubles,21 triples, seven home runs, Gross was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1858. Gross began his baseball career playing for the St. Paul Red Caps of the League Alliance in 1877. In August 1879, Gross made his league debut with the 1879 Providence Grays, compiled a.348 batting average. The 1879 Providence team won the National League pennant with a 59-25 record and featured Hall of Fame shortstop-manager George Wright, Gross replaced the Grays number one catcher, Lew Brown, late in the season. In 1880, Gross became the Grays number one catcher and led the National Leagues catchers in games played, putouts, assists, errors and his 87 games as catcher in 1880 established a major league record that stood until 1886 when Doc Bushong appeared in 106 games as catcher. Gross also earned a 3.0 Wins Above Replacement rating for the 1880 season, at the time of the 1880 U. S. Gross returned to Providence in 1881 and was the teams catcher in 50 games. He compiled a.307 batting average and a 1.1 WAR rating and his 37 errors as catcher ranked as the third highest in the National League. At the end of the 1881 season, Gross was placed on the National Leagues blacklist upon charges of general dissipation and insubordination, in 1883, after one year out of baseball, Gross was reinstated from the blacklist and joined the Philadelphia Quakers. He appeared in 55 games as catcher for Philadelphia and compiled a.307 batting average, however, he led the National League with 74 errors in his 55 games as catcher and also gave up 67 passed balls. Gross concluded his major career in 1883 playing for the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies of the Union Association. Gross hit.358 with a.589 slugging percentage in 23 games in the Union Association and he also played during the 1884 season for Springfield in the Ohio State League and Oil City in the Iron & Oil Association. When Grosss name was offered as an outfielder in 1885. He couldnt judge a flour barrel twenty feet in the air, by 1889, Gross was described as an extensive property owner in Chicago. His mother had left him a sum in excess of $100,000. In 1909, Gross was reported to be a businessman in Chicago, Gross died in 1921 at age 63 in Eagle River, Wisconsin. He was buried in Chicago at Graceland Cemetery

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Bill Traffley
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William Franklin Traffley was a baseball player. Traffley was born in Staten Island, New York, when he was 18 years old, in 1878, he played two games for the Chicago White Stockings. Traffley did not play in baseball for another five years. He played 30 games that season and his next three seasons were spent with the Baltimore Orioles. Traffley died in Des Moines, Iowa and his brother, John Traffley, also played professional baseball

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Sam Trott
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Samuel W. Trott was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1877 to 1891. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, for the Boston Red Caps, Detroit Wolverines, Trott also served as the manager the Washington Statesmen for their inaugural season in 1891. Trott was born in Maryland in 1859 and his father, Samuel E. Trott, was a Maryland native and a carpenter. His mother, Laura J. Trott, was also a Maryland native, Trott began his professional baseball career in 1877 playing for the Chicago Fairbanks and Philadelphia Athletic clubs in the League Alliance. In 1879, he played for the Washington Nationals, in May 1880, Trott was purchased from the Nationals by the Boston Red Caps of the National League where he made his major league debut. He appeared in 39 games for the Red Caps,36 as a catcher, in 1881, he joined the newly formed Detroit Wolverines in the National League. He played for the Wolverines in their first three seasons from 1881 to 1883, serving principally as a backup to catcher Charlie Bennett, though he also played 42 games at second base in 1883. In his three seasons with the Wolverines, Trott appeared in 113 games and compiled a.241 batting average with 23 doubles, Trott concluded his major league career by playing four seasons, principally as a catcher, for the Baltimore Orioles. He spent the 1884,1885,1887 and 1888 seasons with the Orioles, appeared in 208 games, in 1891, Trott served as the first manager of the Washington Statesmen. In their inaugural season, the Statesmen compiled a 44-91 record, Trott was handicapped as a manager by having a pitching staff that compiled a 4.83 earned run average, far above the league average of 3.71. By 1900, Trott was living with his wife Emma in Baltimore and they had two children then living with them, Bessie and Samuel. Trotts occupation was listed as a cigar salesman, ten years later, Trott was still living in Baltimore with wife, Emma, and they by then had three children, Bessie, Samuel and Dorothy. His occupation in 1910 was traveling salesman, Trott died in Catonsville, Maryland, in June 1925 at the age of 66

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Charlie Reipschlager
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Charles W. Reipschlager, was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1883 to 1887 with the New York Metropolitans and the Cleveland Blues in the American Association. Reipschlager began his career in 1877, playing for the Alaskas. In 1878, he moved on to the International Association, playing for the Lynn Live Oaks, in 1879, Reipschlager played for the New Bedford team of the National Association. After not playing in 1880, he played in the Eastern Championship Association in 1881 with the Washington Nationals, Albany club, and he moved back to the League Alliance in 1882, this time with the New York Metropolitans. The team would join the American Association the following year, on May 2,1883, Reipschlager made his Major League debut for the New York Metropolitans in a game against the Baltimore Orioles. In his first season in the majors, Reipschlager played in 37 games, New York finished 4th in the American Association. In 1884, Reipschlager played in 59 for New York, batted.240, the Metropolitans finished first in the American Association, but lost to the National Leagues Providence Grays in the World Series. Reipschlager went hitless in five at bats in the series, Reipschlager played in 72 for the Metropolitans in 1885, batting.243. The team dropped to 7th place in the standings that year and he finished with a.211 average in 1886, playing in 65 games. On December 26,1886, he was purchased by the Cleveland Blues, after being acquired by the Cleveland Blues, Reipschlager appeared in 63 games for Cleveland in 1887, playing 48 games at catcher and 16 games at first base. He batted.212, and collected 49 hits and 17 runs batted in, the following season, he played for the Jersey City Skeeters of the Central League, and never played professional baseball again. On March 16,1910, Reipschlager died in Atlantic City and he is buried in Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery in Queens, New York. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference Retrosheet

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Fatty Briody
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Charles F. Fatty Briody, nicknamed Alderman, was a professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1888. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball— for the Troy Trojans, Cleveland Blues, Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, St. Louis Maroons, Kansas City Cowboys, Detroit Wolverines, Briody was born in Lansingburgh, New York, four miles outside of Troy, New York. He spent most of his life in Lansingburgh, though he lived in Wisconsin for nine years as a child, Briody began his professional baseball career at age 18 playing for the Troy Haymakers of the League Alliance. By 1879, he was playing for New Bedford in the National Association, on June 16,1880, Briody received a one-game tryout in the major leagues with the Troy Trojans of the National League. Appearing as the catcher in a 9-5 loss against Cleveland, Briody went hitless in four at bats for a.000 batting average, during the 1881 season, Briody played in the Eastern Championship Association for the Washington Nationals and New York Metropolitans. Briody played at the position for the Cleveland Blues of the National League from 1882 to 1884. He made his league debut on June 16,1882. He compiled a.258 batting average with 13 doubles and 13 RBIs and he also compiled a.902 fielding percentage with 251 putouts and 89 assists. In 1883, the Blues acquired catcher Doc Bushong, and Briody became a backup to Bushong, Briody appeared 33 games as a catcher that year and also made appearances at first, second, and third bases. His batting average declined to.234, and his fielding percentage at catcher was.900 with 171 putouts and 46 assists, at the start of the 1884 season, Briody resumed his role as Bushongs backup. He appeared in 42 games as catcher and improved his fielding percentage to.922 with 243 putouts and 74 assists, however, his batting average declined markedly to.169. In the middle of the 1884 season, Briody jumped leagues, in 22games for the Outlaw Reds, Briodys batting average nearly doubled—he compiled a.169 average with Cleveland and hit.337 in 89 at bats for Cincinnati. After his short stint in the Union Association, Briody returned to the National League in 1885 and he was the Maroons catcher in 60 games and compiled an.893 fielding percentage with 243 putouts and 83 assists. However, on returning to the National League, Briodys batting average dropped to.195, in February 1886, St. Louis returned Briody to league control, and he was claimed by the Kansas City Cowboys the following month. Briody played in 54 games as a catcher for the Cowboys, in March 1887, after the Cowboys folded, Briody was again returned to league control where he was claimed by the Detroit Wolverines. The Wolverines had narrowly missed winning the 1886 National League pennant and were loaded with talent, including future Hall of Famers Dan Brouthers, Sam Thompson, Briody played in 33 games as the teams catcher, serving as the back-up to Charlie Ganzel and Charlie Bennett. Briody was suspended mid-season for drunkenness, the Wolverines won the National League pennant in 1887 and went on to defeat the St. Louis Browns in the 1887 World Series. Briody compiled a.227 batting average for Detroit, in 1888, Briody played his final season in the major leagues with the Kansas City Cowboys of the American Association

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Jack Rowe
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John Charles Jack Rowe was an American professional baseball player, manager and team owner from 1877 to 1898. He played 12 years in Major League Baseball, as a shortstop, catcher and his longest stretches were in the National League with the Buffalo Bisons and Detroit Wolverines. He was also a player-manager and part owner of the Buffalo Bisons of the Players League in 1890, and his older brother, Dave Rowe, also played and managed in the major leagues between 1877 to 1888. At age 19, Rowe began his career in organized baseball in 1876 with a club in Jacksonville, in 1877, he played for the Milwaukee club in the League Alliance. He also played in 1877 and/or 1878 under Tom Loftus with the Peoria Reds, in 1879, Rowe and his brother, Dave Rowe, signed with the Rockford, Illinois team in the Northwestern League. At Rockford, Rowe earned a reputation as a hitter and one of the best bare-handed catchers in the game, after the Northwestern League folded in early July 1878, Rowe signed with the Buffalo Bisons of the National League. He made his league debut on September 6,1879, at age 22. Rowe remained with Buffalo for seven years from 1879 to 1885, during the 1879 to 1884 seasons, Rowe was principally a catcher, appearing in 272 games at that position,91 games as an outfielder,55 as a shortstop and 20 at third base. In 1881, he compiled a.333 batting average and led the National League with 11 triples, two of Rowes triples came in one game against the Chicago White Stockings on August 16,1881. His.480 slugging percentage in 1881 was the third highest in the league, in 1882, he registered a 2.7 WAR rating and did not strike out even once in 329 plate appearances. He also hit for the cycle on August 25,1883, Rowe was one of four Buffalo players who became known as the Big Four. The Big Four were regarded for many years as the greatest quartette in the history of the national pastime, during the 1884 season, the Big Four led Buffalo to a third place finish and a 64–47 record – the highest winning percentage in the clubs history. Rowe registered a career high 4.6 WAR rating in 1884 and ranked among the leaders with 14 triples, a.450 slugging percentage. He also led the National Leagues catchers in 1884 with a.943 fielding percentage, in 1885, Rowe transitioned from a catcher to a shortstop, catching 23 games and playing shortstop in 65 games. Despite the strong bats of the Big Four, the Bisons had the worst pitching in the National League with a 4.28 earned run average, the team finished in seventh place with a 38-74 record. The Bisons left the National League after the 1885 season, in September 1885, the Big Four were sold by Buffalo to the Detroit Wolverines. All four remained with the Wolverines for three seasons, until the team disbanded after the 1888 season, during the 1886 season, Rowe appeared in 111 games and was Detroits starting shortstop. He also appeared in three games as a catcher and he compiled a 4.2 Wins Above Replacement rating during the 1886 season, the eighth highest rating among all position players in the National League

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Lew Brown (baseball)
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Lewis J. Brown was an American Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman for seven seasons and played for six different teams from 1876 to 1884. Brown was primarily a catcher, but he also logged over 100 games as a first baseman and he also appeared twice as a pitcher. Brown missed the 1882 season due to being blacklisted for confirmed dissipation, Brown died at the age of 30 in Boston, Massachusetts, and is interred at Forest Hills Cemetery. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

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Scott Hastings (baseball)
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Winfield Scott Hastings was a major league baseball player and manager in the late 19th century. Primarily a catcher and outfielder, Hastings also appeared as a first baseman, second baseman, and shortstop over the course of his career. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Hastings made his league debut on May 6,1871 for the Rockford Forest Citys of the National Association as the starting catcher and manager of the team. The team disbanded after the 1871 season and Hastings moved to the Cleveland Forest Citys for the 1871 campaign as a player-manager again, rotating between catcher, second base and outfield, Hastings was batting.391 when the team folded on August 19. Hastings then moved to the Baltimore Canaries to finish out the season, Hastings remained with the Canaries for the 1873 season, batting.281 and rotating with two other players at the catching position as well as filling in as a fourth outfielder. He moved to the Hartford Dark Blues in 1874, once again platooning at catcher, Hastings had a good year, hitting.325 and leading the team in runs scored. Hastings was on the move again for 1875, joining the Chicago White Stockings, Hastings was the regular catcher for Chicago but his average fell to.254. White Stockings owner William Hulbert found Hastings expendable as he signed Deacon White from the Boston Red Stockings to replace him, Hastings caught on with the Louisville Grays for the 1876 season in the new National League. Hastings was the center fielder for the Grays, and although leading the team in runs scored Hastings average was only.258 and was looking for a new team again after the season. In 1877, Hastings played for the Cincinnati Reds and was one of six players who caught five games or more, the job was Hastings to lose and he did, batting only.141 for the season, his last in the majors. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference

Baseball
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Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding. A run is scored when a player advances around the bases, Players on the batting team take turns hitting against the pitcher of the fielding team, which tries to prevent runs by getting hitters out in any of several ways. A player on t

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A baseball game at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA

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Alexander Cartwright, father of modern baseball

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The New York Giants baseball team, 1913. Fred Merkle, sixth in line, committed a baserunning gaffe in a crucial 1908 game that became famous as Merkle's Boner.

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Babe Ruth in 1920, the year he joined the New York Yankees

Catcher
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Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. Catcher is a position for a baseball or softball player, when a batter takes his/her turn to hit, the catcher crouches behind home plate, in front of the umpire, and receives the ball from the pitcher. In addition to primary duty, the catcher is also called upon to master

Pitcher
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In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, there are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer. The National League in Major League Bas

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Brandon Claussen, pitching for the Cincinnati Reds, delivers the ball to home plate

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A pitcher releases the baseball from the pitcher's mound

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Delivery of the baseball from the pitcher to catcher

Stolen base
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In baseball, a stolen base occurs when a runner advances to a base to which he is not entitled and the official scorer rules that the advance should be credited to the action of the runner. The umpires determine whether the runner is safe or out at the next base, a stolen base most often occurs when a baserunner advances to the next base while the

Strikeout
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In baseball or softball, a strikeout occurs when a batter accumulates three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out, a strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is denoted by K. Although a strikeout suggests that the pitcher dominated the batter, the style that generates home runs also leaves batt

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Cincinnati Reds outfielder Adam Dunn strikes out swinging.

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Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax

Pop Snyder
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Pop Snyder was an American catcher, manager, and umpire in Major League Baseball. His 18-season playing career began in 1873 for the Washington Blue Legs of the National Association and he became a player-manager in 1882, when the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association, formed. His team won the American Association pennant that first

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Pop Snyder

Silver Flint
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Frank Sylvester Silver Flint was a catcher in Major League Baseball. He began his career at age 19 with the St, in his first season with the White Stockings, Flint and Cap Anson split duties piloting the team, which finished 5–12 under Flint and 41–21 under Anson. That was Flints only opportunity as field manager and he was also known as a drinker,

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Silver Flint baseball card

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests. The Halls motto is Preserving History, Honoring Excellence, Connecting Generations, the word Cooperstown is often used as shorthand for the National Baseball Hall of Fam

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The entrance to the Baseball Hall of Fame (2012)

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

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The Hall of Fame Library

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Examples of the National Baseball Hall of Fame coins (Gold, Silver and Clad) created by the United States Mint.

Doc Bushong
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Albert John Bushong, D. D. S, known as Doc Bushong, was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Bushong also made appearances as an umpire and after his retirement from baseball, some sources credit him with the invention of the catchers mitt. Descended from the Colonial immigrant Bushong family, Albert John Bushong was born September 15,1856, in Phila

Deacon White
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James Laurie Deacon White was an American baseball player who was one of the principal stars during the first two decades of the sports professional era. Although he was already 28 when the NL was established, White played 15 seasons in the major leagues, in 1871, White was the first batter to come to the plate in the National Association, the firs

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Deacon White

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White's plaque at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Deacon McGuire
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James Thomas Deacon McGuire was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach whose career spanned the years 1883 to 1915. He played 26 seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher and his longest stretches were with the Washington Statesmen/Senators, Brooklyn Superbas and New York Highlanders. He played on Brooklyn team

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McGuire as a player for Brooklyn

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Deacon McGuire

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McGuire as manager at Cleveland

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McGuire's gnarled, knotted left hand, x-rayed in 1906

Wilbert Robinson
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Wilbert Robinson, nicknamed Uncle Robbie, was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 and he also spent one season,1900, with the St. Louis Cardinals. Over the course of his career, Robinson played 1,316 games as a catcher, which prepared him for his second baseball car

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Wilbert Robinson

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1895 Baseball Card

King Kelly
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He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the Chicago White Stockings and the Boston Beaneaters. He is also credited with helping to popularize various strategies as a player such as the hit and run, the hook slide. In only the vote since its creation in 1939 the Old Timers Committee elected Kelly to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 19

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Mike "King" Kelly

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King Kelly cigarette card (Goodwin & Company, 1888)

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"$10,000 Kelly" baseball card (N172), ca. 1887-90

Jack Clements
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John J. Jack Clements was an American professional baseball player. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, despite being left-handed, Clements caught 1,073 games, almost four times as many as any other left-handed player in major league history and was the last left-hander to catch on a regular basis. He is credited with be

Bill Holbert
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William Henry Holbert was a catcher in the National League and American Association baseball leagues, playing from 1876 through 1888. He holds the Major League record for career at-bats without a home run, however, he was playing in an era when triples were more common than home runs, due to the spacious parks and poor quality of the balls used. Bi

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Bill Holbert

John Clapp (baseball)
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Clapp, who predominately played as a catcher, also played as an outfielder. Over his career, Clapp compiled a batting average of.283 with 459 runs scored,713 hits,92 doubles,35 triples,7 home runs. Over 1,188 games played, Clapp struck out 51 times, although the majority of his career was spent in the major leagues, Clapp also played two seasons of

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John Clapp

Barney Gilligan
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Gilligan, who predominately played as a catcher, also played as an outfielder and a shortstop. Over his career, Gilligan compiled a batting average of.207 with 217 runs scored,388 hits,68 doubles,23 triples. Although the majority of his career was spent in the major leagues and he made his MLB debut at the age of 19 and was listed as standing 5 fee

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Barney Gilligan

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The 1884 World Series champion Grays

Fred Carroll
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Frederick Herbert Carroll was a catcher and outfielder in Major League Baseball. From 1884 through 1891, he played with the Columbus Buckeyes and for the Pittsburgh teams Alleghenys, Burghers and he was born in Sacramento, California. In an eight-season Major League career, Carroll posted a.284 batting average with 27 home runs and 366 RBI in 754 g

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Fred Carroll 1887 baseball card

Buck Ewing
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William Buck Ewing was an American Major League Baseball player and manager, and is widely regarded as the best catcher of his era and is often argued as one of the best players of the 19th century. Born in Hoagland, Ohio, Ewing joined the National League in 1880 as a member of the Troy Trojans and that year he would hit 10 home runs, while batting

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Buck Ewing

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Buck Ewing in 1887, notice the lack of glove

Chief Zimmer
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Charles Louis Zimmer was an American professional baseball player whose playing career spanned from 1884 to 1906. Zimmer is regarded by some as the finest defensive catcher of his day and he set Major League catching records for assists, double plays, runners caught stealing, games at catcher, and career fielding percentage. As one of the games fir

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Chief Zimmer

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Old Judge baseball card of Zimmer

Charlie Bennett
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Charles Wesley Bennett was an American professional baseball player from 1875 or 1876 through the 1893 season. He played 15 years in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, with the Milwaukee Grays, Worcester Ruby Legs, Detroit Wolverines and Boston Beaneaters. He played on four pennant-winning teams, one in Detroit and three in Boston, an

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Charlie Bennett

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Bennett caught the first perfect game in MLB history, thrown by Lee Richmond (pictured) in 1880.

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Bennett, c. 1891, with the Boston Beaneaters

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John Clarkson, who won 49 games in 1889, was traveling with Bennett when his legs were crushed.

Kid Baldwin
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Clarence Geoghan Kid Baldwin was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played seven seasons at the Major League level, in addition to playing catcher, Baldwin also played outfield, third base, second base and first base. He also pitched two games in the 1885 season and he played well until the mid-August collapse of the Pacific Northwest League. Care

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Kid Baldwin

Connie Mack
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Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, better known as Connie Mack, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. The longest-serving manager in Major League Baseball history, he records for wins, losses. Mack managed the Philadelphia Athletics for the clubs first 50 seasons of play, starting in 1901, before retiring at age 87 f

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Connie Mack

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Connie Mack in 1911

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An unusual setting: the Tall Tactician in the grandstand, not the dugout, 1916

Jack Boyle
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John Anthony Boyle, nicknamed Honest Jack, was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. His younger brother, Eddie Boyle, played in 1896, born in Cincinnati, Boyle began his professional baseball career in 1886, playing in one game for the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association. On November 12,1886, he was trade

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Jack Boyle

Jack O'Connor (catcher)
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John Joseph OConnor, also known as Peach Pie, was a utility player in Major League Baseball in the American Association, the National League, and the American League, primarily used as an outfielder. He began his career as a fielder and catcher for the Cincinnati Red Stockings. OConnor moved west to play with the Perfectos until 10 games into the 1

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Jack O'Connor

Duke Farrell
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Charles Andrew Duke Farrell was a Major League Baseball catcher. Born in Oakdale, Massachusetts, he played for eight teams during his 18-year career, on May 11,1897, he set a Major League Baseball record that has stood for more than 100 years by catching eight of nine opposing players who attempted to steal a base. He died in Boston, Massachusetts,

Jim Keenan
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James William Keenan was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played all or part of seasons in the majors. He played most of his league career with the Cincinnati Red Stockings of the American Association and later National League. He stayed in Indianapolis to start the 1885 season, with the entry in the Western League, but the league quickly folded

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Jim Keenan

Pat Deasley
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Pat Deasley was a 19th-century professional baseball player. Deasley primarily played catcher for several teams during his 8-year career from 1881 to 1888, Deasley played for the Boston Red Caps, St. Louis Browns, New York Giants, and Washington Nationals over the course of his career. Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Referenc

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Pat Deasley

Rudy Kemmler
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Rudolph Kemmler, born Rudolph Kemler, was an American Major League Baseball catcher for all or part of eight seasons. He played for seven different teams in the National League and American Association between 1879 and 1889, Kemmler was a poor hitter but a good defensive catcher. In the days before catchers had protection against pitched balls, he

Emil Gross
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Emil Michael Gross, was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1884. He played five years in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Providence Grays, Philadelphia Quakers, in 1880, Gross established a new major league record by appearing in 87 games as catcher. During his major league career, he appeared in 2

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Emil Gross

Bill Traffley
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William Franklin Traffley was a baseball player. Traffley was born in Staten Island, New York, when he was 18 years old, in 1878, he played two games for the Chicago White Stockings. Traffley did not play in baseball for another five years. He played 30 games that season and his next three seasons were spent with the Baltimore Orioles. Traffley die

Sam Trott
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Samuel W. Trott was an American professional baseball player and manager whose career spanned from 1877 to 1891. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a catcher, for the Boston Red Caps, Detroit Wolverines, Trott also served as the manager the Washington Statesmen for their inaugural season in 1891. Trott was born in Mary

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Sam Trott

Charlie Reipschlager
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Charles W. Reipschlager, was a Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1883 to 1887 with the New York Metropolitans and the Cleveland Blues in the American Association. Reipschlager began his career in 1877, playing for the Alaskas. In 1878, he moved on to the International Association, playing for the Lynn Live Oaks, in 1879, Reipschlager pl

Fatty Briody
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Charles F. Fatty Briody, nicknamed Alderman, was a professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1877 to 1888. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball— for the Troy Trojans, Cleveland Blues, Cincinnati Outlaw Reds, St. Louis Maroons, Kansas City Cowboys, Detroit Wolverines, Briody was born in Lansingburgh, New York, four miles out

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Fatty Briody

Jack Rowe
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John Charles Jack Rowe was an American professional baseball player, manager and team owner from 1877 to 1898. He played 12 years in Major League Baseball, as a shortstop, catcher and his longest stretches were in the National League with the Buffalo Bisons and Detroit Wolverines. He was also a player-manager and part owner of the Buffalo Bisons of

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Jack Rowe

Lew Brown (baseball)
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Lewis J. Brown was an American Major League Baseball catcher and first baseman for seven seasons and played for six different teams from 1876 to 1884. Brown was primarily a catcher, but he also logged over 100 games as a first baseman and he also appeared twice as a pitcher. Brown missed the 1882 season due to being blacklisted for confirmed dissip

Scott Hastings (baseball)
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Winfield Scott Hastings was a major league baseball player and manager in the late 19th century. Primarily a catcher and outfielder, Hastings also appeared as a first baseman, second baseman, and shortstop over the course of his career. Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Hastings made his league debut on May 6,1871 for the Rockford Forest Citys of the Nation